CAIRO – 13 August 2018: An Egyptian citizen lost his life Sunday evening during a fight with an Asian expat, who stabbed the former at Kuwait’s Bnied Al-Gar, according to eyewitnesses, Kuwaiti Al-Rai media reported.
According to Al-Rai, the 30-year old Egyptian expat died from a fatal stab to the heart. The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior has not yet revealed the name of the murdered expat or the identity of the Asian murderer. Kuwaiti authorities have found the knife the murderer used.
Erem News reported on Monday that the Kuwaiti authorities managed to arrest two people accused of stabbing an Arab citizen to the heart in Bnied Al-Gar before they could flee the country.
An Egyptian was previously shot dead at Kuwait’s Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh in January 2013. Also, the Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported in April, 2018 that an Egyptian person working at a weaponry store was injured when a Kuwaiti citizen was checking a shooting gun.
Egyptian teenager killed in France
In another incident, 16-year-old Abdullah al-Shishtawi’s body was returned to Egypt on a plane three months after he was killed in France during a fight with one of his colleagues that ended with the latter stabbing him, according to Egypt’s Al-Masry Al-Youm.
FILE - Abdullah al-Shishtawi
The victim’s brother, Ibrahim, told the Egyptian newspaper that Abdullah travelled to Paris in 2017 to enroll in a government-owned French school. He added that his brother was set to acquire the French citizenship two months before he was killed.
Ibrahim accused the French authorities of failing to fulfill their duties, and said that he is looking forward to receiving a letter from the court sent to their parents to attend the trial of their son’s murderer. The report did not identify the nationality of the murderer.
Egyptian prisoner mysteriously dies in Italy
Viterbo’s hospital in Italy notified the Egyptian Embassy in Rome in late July about the clinical death of Hassan Sharaf, 20, in the hospital where he was moved after he attempted to commit suicide in his solitary confinement cell, according to the hospital and prison claims.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said that the Ministry is following up on the investigation into the death of the Egyptian youth.
Sharaf was set to be released next September.
The Egyptian Embassy sent a delegation to Viterbo to meet with officials of the prison and hospital to disclose the circumstances of the incident, Abu Zeid said.
Hospital officials revealed that Sharaf was moved to the hospital on July 23 in a state of full unconsciousness after he tried to kill himself in the prison. The prison officials confirmed the hospital’s statements.
The embassy submitted a formal request to the prison administration to conduct a formal investigation into the case, Abu Zeid said, adding that the embassy also asked for Sharaf’s medical records.
According to information provided by his family, Sharaf illegally migrated to Italy when he was 15 after finishing his primary education reportedly to make a good living for himself and his family. He was then able to join school in Italy. However, he was sentenced to 3 years in prison when he was 17 years old.
Sabry Abu Heikal, the victim’s first cousin, said that Sharaf last contacted his family in the holy month of Ramadan, which ended this year on June 14. During the call, he said that he is persecuted by one of his inmates.
Mariam Moustafa dies in Nottingham
In late February, an 18-year-old Egyptian engineering student, Mariam Moustafa, was tragically attacked and put into coma by 10 British women of African descent.
In a statement issued on March 2, Ahmed Abu Zeid said they are following all of the case’s updates. On March 14, Mariam lost her life.
Abu Zeid said Egyptian authorities demanded the British authorities to take more serious steps in investigating the abusers, especially that they were captured by the CCTV cameras from the streets and bus where the incident took place.
The statement also accused the hospital were Mariam was taken with “negligence”, as they gave her first aid treatment and checked her out when she needed more care; accordingly, she fell into coma shortly after.
Chief Superintendent Rob Griffin of Nottinghamshire Police visited Egypt to update Mariam's family about the investigation’s latest outcome.
Griffin said: “We understand the depth of interest, sadness and concern in Egypt and in the UK over Mariam’s death, and remain committed to see that justice is done,” according to the Nottingham-based West Bridgford Wire.
Griffin added that Nottinghamshire Police and colleagues from the East Midlands Major Crime Unit are professionally investigating the case, adding that they did not rule out the perception that the crime might have been encouraged by hate.
Egyptian shot by militants in South Africa
Fathy Abdullah Gado, an Egyptian citizen was shot dead by armed criminals in South Africa, while he was driving a car laden with goods that he sells to his clients.
FILE - Fathy Abdullah Gado - photo courtesy of his father
“Last Wednesday [May 30], we received a phone call from one of his [Fathy’s] friends in South Africa, telling us about his death after an armed gang stopped him and his partner while they were driving a car, and tried to steal them by force. [Fathy] was killed, and his partner was injured by a fire shot,” said Fathy’s father.
In March, two Egyptian citizens – Tamer Sayed, 18, and Mohamed Abdel Sattar, 38 – were shot dead in Olievenhoutbosch, Centurion. The Egyptian Embassy in South Africa contacted officials to obtain body transport permits, and the two bodies were flown back to Egypt, the embassy said in a press statement.
Last November, Egyptian Mohamed Nawar was found dead in a shallow grave near a river in the reserve of Limpopo, South Africa. The investigation revealed that Nawar was killed and buried by a band of thieves who wanted his car.
Consequently, the Foreign Ministry urged Egyptian expats in South Africa to be cautious and not to walk around with large amounts of cash.
Additional reporting by Egypt Today Staff
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